Table 8: Reconviction rates and average number of reconvictions
per offender, by index disposal: 1997-98 to 2014-15 cohorts

Index disposal

Total offenders

Reconviction rate

Average number of reconvictions

Discharged from Custody

1997-98

6,118

48.4

1.04

1998-99

5,821

49.1

1.09

1999-00

5,744

46.3

0.99

2000-01

5,573

47.4

1.00

2001-02

5,950

47.9

1.06

2002-03

6,011

49.9

1.13

2003-04

5,886

50.1

1.11

2004-05

6,127

47.9

1.06

2005-06

6,240

47.4

1.03

2006-07

6,912

48.5

1.06

2007-08

7,060

46.8

1.00

2008-09

7,408

47.0

0.98

2009-10

7,433

45.9

0.94

2010-11

7,291

45.2

0.91

2011-12

7,311

44.2

0.92

2012-13

7,436

43.6

0.89

2013-14

7,121

43.9

0.85

2014-15

6,691

43.3

0.85

Restriction of Liberty Order

1997-98

1998-99

25

60.0

1.56

1999-00

54

68.5

1.78

2000-01

62

62.9

1.71

2001-02

58

72.4

1.62

2002-03

223

53.8

1.21

2003-04

372

58.3

1.27

2004-05

442

57.7

1.24

2005-06

524

54.0

1.22

2006-07

548

52.4

1.07

2007-08

556

50.9

1.04

2008-09

594

47.8

0.98

2009-10

511

49.5

0.96

2010-11

460

45.0

0.86

2011-12

497

40.2

0.76

2012-13

559

36.3

0.68

2013-14

643

35.5

0.60

2014-15

732

33.5

0.59

Legacy Community Order (
CSO,
PO)
3

1997-98

6,085

39.6

0.85

1998-99

5,949

40.3

0.88

1999-00

5,593

38.5

0.78

2000-01

5,645

38.9

0.82

2001-02

6,086

40.5

0.86

2002-03

6,558

40.7

0.84

2003-04

6,449

39.0

0.78

2004-05

7,093

39.7

0.79

2005-06

7,773

38.3

0.74

2006-07

7,607

38.1

0.72

2007-08

8,115

36.5

0.68

2008-09

8,852

37.1

0.70

2009-10

8,658

33.6

0.62

2010-11

8,243

33.7

0.61

2011-12

3,772

27.7

0.47

2012-13

660

14.5

0.21

2013-14

202

5.9

0.07

2014-15

109

7.3

0.11

Community Payback Order
4

1997-98

-

-

-

1998-99

-

-

-

1999-00

-

-

-

2000-01

-

-

-

2001-02

-

-

-

2002-03

-

-

-

2003-04

-

-

-

2004-05

-

-

-

2005-06

-

-

-

2006-07

-

-

-

2007-08

-

-

-

2008-09

-

-

-

2009-10

-

-

-

2010-11

174

54.6

1.15

2011-12

6,110

36.6

0.68

2012-13

9,465

32.5

0.57

2013-14

10,550

30.7

0.56

2014-15

10,853

32.7

0.58

Drug Treatment and Testing Order

1997-98

-

-

-

1998-99

-

-

-

1999-00

1

0.0

0.00

2000-01

36

58.3

1.31

2001-02

95

74.7

2.12

2002-03

143

75.5

2.41

2003-04

201

79.1

2.21

2004-05

231

78.4

2.20

2005-06

268

70.1

1.88

2006-07

303

75.2

2.03

2007-08

327

70.9

1.94

2008-09

360

67.5

1.76

2009-10

362

66.3

1.68

2010-11

373

66.8

1.62

2011-12

279

62.0

1.65

2012-13

315

65.1

1.59

2013-14

328

64.3

1.73

2014-15

259

63.3

1.71

Monetary Disposal

1997-98

32,894

29.5

0.54

1998-99

29,560

29.4

0.53

1999-00

25,603

28.9

0.52

2000-01

23,816

28.9

0.51

2001-02

24,866

29.0

0.52

2002-03

24,851

29.1

0.52

2003-04

26,685

29.5

0.51

2004-05

27,461

29.2

0.50

2005-06

27,039

29.3

0.50

2006-07

28,500

29.0

0.49

2007-08

27,495

27.6

0.46

2008-09

22,845

26.7

0.47

2009-10

20,961

26.6

0.45

2010-11

18,679

25.6

0.44

2011-12

17,123

24.1

0.40

2012-13

14,802

23.3

0.39

2013-14

14,829

23.2

0.39

2014-15

15,210

22.2

0.35

Other Disposal
5

1997-98

8,348

23.0

0.42

1998-99

7,790

21.5

0.38

1999-00

7,234

21.7

0.37

2000-01

6,436

22.2

0.37

2001-02

6,595

22.5

0.40

2002-03

7,077

23.0

0.41

2003-04

7,391

22.1

0.39

2004-05

8,017

22.3

0.39

2005-06

8,486

23.7

0.41

2006-07

9,439

23.7

0.42

2007-08

9,500

23.2

0.41

2008-09

9,604

23.6

0.44

2009-10

9,490

22.1

0.39

2010-11

9,484

21.9

0.39

2011-12

8,736

22.6

0.40

2012-13

8,468

21.2

0.38

2013-14

8,518

20.9

0.39

2014-15

9,780

21.2

0.36

1. Figures for previous cohorts may differ from previously
published figures as updated information is fed into the Scottish
Offenders Index.

2. Caution is needed when comparing reconvictions between
different disposals. A disposal may affect the reconviction rates,
but different disposals are given for different types of offending
behaviour, which are themselves also likely to affect reconviction
rates.

3. Legacy community order refers to Community Service Orders (
CSOs) and
Probation Orders (
POs) which were replaced
by Community Payback Orders for crimes or offences committed after
1 February 2011. Legacy community orders given after 1 February are
for crimes or offences committed prior to 1 February 2011.

4. Community Payback Orders (
CPOs) were
introduced by the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act
2010 and came into effect from 1 February 2011. The
CPO replaces
provisions for Community Service Orders, Probation Orders, and
Supervised Attendance Orders.